THE 2007 REVIEW: David Abravanel
Posted on Dec 20th 2007 11:23 pm
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Here we are, a year of music distilled into the 20 albums which made the biggest impression of me.Inevitably I’ve forgotten something, but for now, no regrets.The choice for number one was neither clear nor easy, but the Strings Of Consciousness tipped the scales with its adventurous spirit of collaboration, song, sound atmosphere, and poetry.2007 was a good year for psychedelic electronics, represented here by artists as diverse as Supermayer, Ulrich Schnauss, and The Field.
In addition to the old favorites, some new mavericks came out of nowhere with leftfield brilliance, including releases by Burial and I Am Spoonbender.2007 also saw a number of minimal masters expanding into new territories, whether it was Matthew Dear playing the role of singer-songwriter, Supermayer as a prog- and krautrock-loving comic book duo, The Field’s shoegazing atmospheres, or Ricardo Villalobos’ Japanese and jazz drumming.
All in all, 2007 was a year full of solid albums, looking to the past (Queens Of The Stone Age’s retro grit), the present (Matthew Dear’s modern-man situations) the future (Amon Tobin’s post-modern sample pastiche), and, in the case of Panda Bear’s updated Beach Boys harmonies or Björks earthy futurism, all three at once.
1.
STRINGS OF CONCIOUSNESS
Our Moon Is Full
Central Control
2.
AVEY TARE & KRIA BREKKAN
Pullhair Rubeye
Paw-Tracks
3.
BURIAL
Untrue
Hyperdub
4.
THE FIELD
From Here We Go Sublime
Kompakt
5.
AMON TOBIN
Foley Room
Ninja Tune
6.
PHAROAHE MONCH
Desire
SRC
7.
THOBBING GRISTLE
Part Two: The Endless Not
Industrial / Mute
8.
DIZZEE RASCAL
Maths + English
XL
9.
PANDA BEAR
Person Pitch
Paw Tracks
10.
SUPERMAYER
Save The World
Kompakt
11.
RICARDO VILLALOBOS
Fabric 36
Fabric
12.
MATTHEW DEAR
Asa Breed
Ghostly International
13.
BJÖRK
Volta
One Little Indian
14.
QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE
Era Vulgaris
Intersope
15.
FELIX DA HOUSECAT
Virgo, Blaktro & The Movie Disco
Nettwerk
16.
ULRICH SCHNAUSS
Goodbye
Domino Recording Co.
17.
UNDERWORLD
Oblivion With Bells
Side One
18.
LUKE VIBERT
Chicago, Detroit, Redruth
Planet Mu
19.
GUS GUS
Forever
Gung Ho!
20.
I AM SPOONBENDER
Buy Hidden Persuaders
Mesmer Detector Ltd.
Eleventh Volume
Joe Muggs
Max Schaefer
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